The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has awarded the following grants for research initiatives designed to build and strengthen the Nation's research infrastructure.
The Minority Research Infrastructure Support Program (M-RISP) will enhance the competitiveness for research funding among institutions located in states where successful applications for funding has been historically low. In 2003, over one million dollars for six projects went to institutions in Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, Utah, and a consortium involving Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming.
The Building Research Infrastructure and Capacity Program (BRIC) will enhance the competitiveness for research funding among institutions located in states where successful applications for funding has been historically low. In 2001, over $1.7 million for six projects went to institutions in Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, Utah, and a consortium involving Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming.
For information about specific awards, go to:
Project No.: HS014034
Project Title: Infrastructure Development and Health Research with Indians in Montana and Wyoming
Principal Investigator: Belcourt, Gordon
Project Officer: Benjamin, Shelley
Institution: Montana/Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council
Location: Billings, Montana
First Year Funding: $327,978
Funding Mechanism: MRISP
Project Period: 9/30/2003-9/29/06
AHRQ Office/Center: Office of Extramural Research, Education and Priority Populations (OEREP)
Project Summary: The Montana Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council, Black Hill State University and the Black Hills Center for American Indian Health have developed a partnership approach to develop research infrastructure that will provide the foundation for ongoing sustainable research and effective strategies for addressing the significant health issues of American Indians in Montana and Wyoming.
Project No.: HS014060
Project Title: Puerto Rico Health Services Research Institute
Principal Investigator: Torres-Zeno, Robert
Project Officer: Benjamin, Shelley
Institution: University of Puerto Rico
Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
First Year Funding: $522,022
Funding Mechanism: MRISP
Project Period: 9/30/2003-9/29/06
AHRQ Office/Center: Office of Extramural Research, Education and Priority Populations (OEREP)
Project Summary: The project plans to develop the Puerto Rico Health Services Research Institute (PRHSRI) at the Graduate School of Public Health. It will provide technical and resource support to promote the development of health services research at the Institution.
Project No.: HS011638
Project Title: Health Research Enhancement at Morgan State University
Principal Investigator: Amin, Ruhul
Project Officer: Benjamin, Shelley
Institution: Morgan State University
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
First Year Funding: $150,000
Funding Mechanism: MRISP
Project Period: 9/30/2003-9/29/06
AHRQ Office/Center: Office of Extramural Research, Education and Priority Populations (OEREP)
Project Summary: This project aims to strengthen and expand the capacity at the Institute for Urban Research and Public Health Program at Morgan State University to conduct rigorous health services research. The proposed interdisciplinary research will focus primarily around maternal and child health issues in the African American community in inner city Baltimore.
Project No.: HS11617-01A1
Project Title: MSM Clinical Faculty Research Training Program
Principal Investigator: Mayberry, Robert M.
Project Officer: Benjamin, Shelley
Institution: Morehouse School of Medicine
Location: Atlanta, GA 30310-1495
First Year Funding: $465,241
Funding Mechanism: MRISP
Project Period: 09/30/2002-09/29/2005
AHRQ Office/Center: Office of Research Review, Education and Policy (ORREP)
Project Summary: The goal of this program is to strengthen the Morehouse School of Medicine infrastructure to enhance the capacity of individual faculty members to conduct health services research aimed at improving the quality of health services for African Americans and vulnerable populations and eliminating racial and ethnic health disparities.
Project No.: HS13353-01
Project Title: Shaw University M-RISP Minority Elderly Research Center
Principal Investigator: Howard Daniel L
Project Officer: Benjamin, Shelley
Institution: Shaw University
Location: Raleigh, NC 27601
First Year Funding: $482,120
Funding Mechanism: M-RISP
Project Period: 09/30/2002-09/29/2005
AHRQ Office/Center: Office of Research Review, Education and Policy (ORREP)
Project Summary: The goal of this project is to establish infrastructure support to junior level faculty to conduct health services research on racial disparities among various minority populations by providing training, resources and mentorship opportunities through collaborative linkages with senior researchers at other universities.
Project No.: HS11673-01A1
Project Title: Center for Minority Health Services Research
Principal Investigator: Wutoh, Anthony K.
Project Officer: Benjamin, Shelley
Institution: Howard University
Location: Washington, DC 20059
First Year Funding: $422,824
Funding Mechanism: M-RISP
Project Period: 09/30/2002-09/29/2005
Office/Center: Office of Research Review, Education and Policy (ORREP)
Project Summary: The purpose of this project to extensively expand the research of Howard University, College of Pharmacy, Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, in the area of health services research and outcomes research through the formation of the Center fo Minority Health Services Research. This expansion will particularly relate to investigations of health services in minority populations, increase the numbers and competence of the faculty conducting this research and actively engage graduate level students.
Project No.: HS11618-01
Project Title: Health Services Research in Under-Served Populations
Principal Investigator: Freeman, Jean L
Project Officer: Benjamin, Shelley
Institution: University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston
Location: Galveston, TX 77555-0136
First Year Funding: $402,300
Total Estimated Funding: $1,206,900
Funding Mechanism: M-RISP
Project Period: 09/30/01-08/31/04
Officer/Center: Office of Research Review, Education, and Policy (ORREP)
Project Summary: The objective of this research is to increase the University of Texas Medical Branch's (UTMB) ability to conduct health services research with a focus on the medically underserved. The program would allow UTMB to increase the number of faculty who conduct health services research, recruit additional expert faculty, and strengthen its research capabilities.
Project No.: HS11627-01
Project Title: Hawaii Minority Research Infrastructure Support Program
Principal Investigator: Cadman, Edwin C.
Project Officer: Benjamin, Shelley
Institution: University of Hawaii at Manoa
Location: Honolulu, HI 96822
First Year Funding: $332,663
Total Estimated Funding: $1,004,295
Funding Mechanisms: M-RISP
Project Period: 09/30/01-08/31/04
Officer/Center: Office of Research Review, Education, and Policy (ORREP)
Project Summary: The objective of this research is to build a program at the University of Hawaii medical school that will evaluate ethnic health disparities in the State's Asian American and Pacific Islander population. The program would also provide mentoring and training to developing researchers, facilitate collaboration between Hawaii's health care organizations, and establish a nationally recognized mentoring group to assist in the implementation of research projects.
Project No.: HS11640-01
Project Title: Collaborative Minority Healthcare and Quality Research
Principal Investigator: Husaini, Baqar A.
Project Officer: Benjamin, Shelley
Institution: Tennessee State University
Location: Nashville, TN 37209-1561
First Year Funding: $444,956
Total Estimated Funding: $1,367,583
Funding Mechanisms: M-RISP
Project Period: 09/30/01-08/31/04
Officer/Center: Office of Research Review, Education, and Policy (ORREP)
Project Summary: The objective of this research is to increase minority health care research programs at Tennessee State University and Meharry Medical College. Other objectives include establishing collaborations with senior health services researchers at other universities and conducting research that helps to eliminate racial and ethnic health care disparities.
Project No.: HS11825-03
Project Title: Rutgers Center for Health Services Research
Principal Investigator: Crystal, Stephen
Project Officer: Anderson, Kay
Institution: Rutgers State University of New Jersey
Location: New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1293
Funding Mechanisms: BRIC, R24
Project Period: 09/30/03-09/29/06
Officer/Center: Office of Extramural Research, Education, and Priority Populations (OEREP)
Project Summary: The objective of this research is to implement and extend the initiatives begun in Phase I to foster high quality health services research applications, build research partnerships, and provide dataset and analytic support, with the goal of building a more vigorous health services research capability. It will provide a bridge to independent funding for promising junior faculty recruited during the first phase and insure the sustainability of HSR initiatives in New Jersey.
Project No.: HS11826-03
Project Title: Intermountain Child Health Services Research Consortium
Principal Investigator: Young, Paul C.
Project Officer: Anderson, Kay
Institution: University of Utah
Location: Salt Lake City, UT 84132
Funding Mechanisms: BRIC, R24
Project Period: 09/30/03-09/29/06
Officer/Center: Office of Extramural Research, Education, and Priority Populations (OEREP)
Project Summary: The objective of this project is to launch nationally competitive research in Utah and the Intermountain West to improve the design and delivery of optimal care for children, especially those with special healthcare needs. The research will complete critical components of infrastructure building by adding to the current pool of investigators through faculty development and recruitment as well as supporting research projects which will lead to future extramural funding.
Project No.: HS11834-03
Project Title: LSU Health Services Research Program
Principal Investigator: Cerise, Frederick P.
Project Officer: Anderson, Kay
Institution: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Location: Baton Rouge, LA 70805
Funding Mechanisms: BRIC, R24
Project Period: 09/30/03-9/29/06
Officer/Center: Office of Extramural Research, Education, and Priority Populations (OEREP)
Project Summary: The objective of this project is to continue developing and building the amount of quality health services research conducted in Louisiana. The effort is a partnership between the LSU School of Medicine and the LSU Health Care Service Division. This grant will focus on applied research directed toward accelerating translation of evidence into practice, and improving systems of care. Research collaborations will continue to be developed and refined.
Project No.: HS11844-03
Project Title: Establishing a Western Center for Health Services Research
Principal Investigator: Love, Denise E.
Project Officer: Anderson, Kay
Institution: National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO)
Location: Salt Lake City, UT 84108
Funding Mechanisms: BRIC, R24
Project Period: 09/30/03-09/29/06
Officer/Center: Office of Extramural Research, Education, and Priority Populations (OEREP)
Project Summary: The objective of this research is to continue development of research infrastructure and capacity of five BRIC-eligible states (Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming) by creating a Western Center for Health Services Research. This Center would establish a central health services research resource for these states in an area where one does not currently exist. The Center will be unique in that the primary audience for its work will be state health data agencies and the focus will be on healthcare systems surveillance and healthcare indicators development.
Project No.: HS11845-03
Project Title: Kentucky Health Services Research Development II
Principal Investigator: Fleming, Steven T.
Project Officer: Anderson, Kay
Institution: University of Kentucky Research Foundation
Location: Lexington, KY 40506-0057
Funding Mechanisms: BRIC, R24
Project Period: 09/30/03-09/29/06
Officer/Center: Office of Extramural Research, Education, and Priority Populations (OEREP)
Project Title: The objective of this research is to create sustainable health services research funding from Federal agencies by improving institutional infrastructure and capacity. This project will improve faculty capacity to develop research ideas into fundable applications and written publications by promoting the collaboration of family physicians with other health services researchers.
Project No.: HS11849-03
Project Title: Mississippi Building Research Infrastructure and Capacity II
Principal Investigator: Southward, Linda H.
Project Officer: Anderson, Kay
Institution: Mississippi State University
Location: Mississippi State, MS 39762
Funding Mechanisms: BRIC, R24
Project Period: 09/30/03-09/29/06
Officer/Center: Office of Extramural Research, Education, and Priority Populations (OEREP)
Project Summary: This project includes three components: 1) to build upon the research infrastructure and collaborations established during Phase I; 2) to further the research agenda for identifying best practices for prevention of dental disease among very young children; and 3) to develop strategies to use in childcare centers as a model to be replicated among other high-risk populations and similar sites in underserved and/or rural areas.
Project No.: HS11825-01
Project Title:: Rutgers Center for Health Services Research
Principal Investigator: Crystal, Stephen
Project Officer: Anderson, Kay
Institution: Rutgers State University of New Jersey
Location: Piscataway, NJ 08854-8010
First Year Funding: $378,001
Total Estimated Funding: $757,565
Funding Mechanisms: BRIC
Project Period: 09/30/01-09/29/03
Officer/Center: Office of Research Review, Education, and Policy (ORREP)
Project Summary: The objective of this research is to create a multidisciplinary health services research center for the state of New Jersey at Rutgers University. The center will allow researchers to build the State's expertise in health services research. This includes recruiting additional health services researchers to faculty positions, providing support for application development, developing a multi-use health database, and providing training, consultation and technical assistance to state health officials and Rutgers University faculty.
Project No.: HS11826-01
Project Title: Intermountain Child Health Services Research Consortium
Principal Investigator: Hoff, Charles J.
Project Officer: Anderson, Kay
Institution: University of Utah
Location: Salt Lake City, UT 84102
First Year Funding: $306,611
Total Estimated Funding: $577,161
Funding Mechanisms: BRIC
Project Period: 09/30/01-09/29/03
Officer/Center: Office of Research Review, Education, and Policy (ORREP)
Project Summary: The objective of this project is development of an infrastructure to generate and support a child health services research program with emphasis on children with special health care needs for the Intermountain West, which will be known as the Intermountain Consortium for Health Services Research. The effort will consist of three primary activities: development of the new Consortium, implementation of a faculty development program in child health services research, and conducting a study comparing a pediatric hospitalist system and traditional care on outcomes for children with special health care needs.
Project No.: HS11834-01
Project Title: LSU Health Services Research Program
Principal Investigator: Cerise, Frederick P
Project Officer: Anderson, Kay
Institution: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Location: New Orleans, LA 70112
First Year Funding: $293,504
Total Estimated Funding: $586,880
Funding Mechanisms: BRIC
Project Period: 09/30/01-9/29/03
Officer/Center: Office of Research Review, Education, and Policy (ORREP)
Project Summary: The objective of this project is to establish the Louisiana State University (LSU) Health Services Research Program, thereby increasing applied health services research in the State. The program will function as partnership between the university's medical school and an LSU unit that delivers health care to a million state residents, many of whom are uninsured and underinsured. Focusing on the translation of research evidence into practice, the program will be modeled on and collaborate with the Harvard Pediatric Health Services Research Fellowship program.
Project No.: HS11844-01
Project Title: Intermountain BRIC Consortium
Principal Investigator: Paita, Luis M.
Project Officer: Anderson, Kay
Institution: National Association of Health Data Organizations
Location: Salt Lake City, UT 84108
First Year Funding: $169,476
Total Estimated Funding: $368,909
Funding Mechanisms: BRIC
Project Period: 09/30/01-09/29/03
Officer/Center: Office of Research Review, Education, and Policy (ORREP)
Project Summary: The objective of this research is to improve the infrastructure and capacity of five Building Research Infrastructure and Capacity (BRIC)-eligible states (Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming). This will enhance their ability to compete for and be awarded health services research grants. AHRQ funding would go to the National Association of Health Data Organization (NAHDO) to create an Intermountain Consortium BRIC to produce, among other resources, standardized analytic tools, a Web-based clearinghouse and communications module, health quality indicators, and a research agenda.
Project No.: HS11845-01
Project Title: Kentucky Health Services Research Development
Principal Investigator: Beaulieu, Joyce E.
Project Officer: Anderson, Kay
Institution: University of Kentucky Research Foundation
Location: Lexington, KY 40506-0057
First Year Funding: $298,053
Total Estimated Funding: $623,052
Funding Mechanisms: BRIC
Project Period: 09/30/01-09/29/03
Officer/Center: Office of Research Review, Education, and Policy (ORREP)
Project Summary: The objective of this research is to increase faculty research capability and grant-writing ability at the University of Kentucky by establishing the Kentucky HSR Development. Focusing on primary care, one of the participants in this Development program will be a new practice-based research network called the Kentucky Ambulatory Network (KAN).
Project No.: HS11849-01
Project Title: Mississippi Building Research Infrastructure and Capacity
Principal Investigator: Southward, Linda
Project Officer: Anderson, Kay
Institution: Mississippi State University
Location: Mississippi State, MS 39762
First Year Funding: $292,656
Total Estimated Funding: $595,370
Funding Mechanisms: BRIC
Project Period: 09/30/01-09/29/03
Officer/Center: Office of Research Review, Education, and Policy (ORREP)
Project Summary: The objective of this research is to implement a partnership between Mississippi's child care and health care providers, Mississippi State University and the American Academy of Pediatrics to improve health care and health outcomes for underserved, low-income and minority children in the Mississippi Delta. The Mississippi Building Research Infrastructure Capacity (MSBRIQ) will develop a multidisciplinary health services research program for one of the poorest rural areas of the Nation to assess the quality of care available for these populations, assess their current health care needs, and improve the quality of care.
Current as of August 2004
Internet Citation:
AHRQ Awards New Research Infrastructure Development Initiatives. August 2004. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/fund/training/infragrt.htm
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